An assessment by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says July was the warmest month on record for the 48 U.S. states connected by land.

The agency on Monday, in a statement assessing U.S. temperature and precipitation, said July 2026 averaged 76.9°F, the warmest month on record (1895 to date).

NOAA said July witnessed long and intense heat that led to hot temperatures from the East Coast to the Plains and Southwestern states.

“Above-average temperatures covered the entire CONUS, with all states ranking in the warmest third of their July temperature records and none ranking near or below average,” the agency said.

NOAA said despite below-average precipitation in July, several regions in the U.S. experienced heavy rainfall and flash flooding events in places such as Texas Hill Country and eastern New York.

The climate-monitoring agency said Alaska, located in the northwestern part of North America, had the coldest July average temperature since 2008.

“The average temperature for the CONUS in July was 76.9°F, 3.3°F above the 20th-century average. This was the warmest July—and warmest month—in the 132-year record, 0.1-0.2°F warmer than July 1936 and July 2012.

“Daytime maximum temperatures averaged 89.5°F, 2.9°F above average, ranking as the sixth-warmest month on record for average high temperatures, while overnight minimum temperatures averaged 64.2°F, 3.7°F above average, ranking as the warmest month on record for average low temperatures, surpassing July 2022 by 0.7°F,” NOAA stated.